Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS |
Chapter 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES |
Subchapter A. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS |
Sec. 253.005. EXPENDITURE FROM UNLAWFUL CONTRIBUTION
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(a) A person may not knowingly make or authorize a political expenditure wholly or partly from a political contribution the person knows to have been made in violation of this chapter.
(b) This section does not apply to a political expenditure that is:
(1) prohibited by Section 253.101; or
(2) made from a political contribution made in violation of Subchapter F.
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.